latest scores:Villa 0-0 Newscastle

Newcastle failed to score without wantaway striker Alexander Isak as they were held by 10-man Aston Villa.

Villa played the final 24 minutes plus stoppage time with 10 men after Ezri Konsa was dismissed but with Isak missing – as he tries to force a move to Liverpool – the Magpies were unable to find a winner.

Anthony Elanga and Anthony Gordon wasted their best chances during a dominant first half.

Debutant Marco Bizot made a fine save to deny new £55m winger Elanga inside three minutes before Gordon planted a free header over.

The forward, playing centrally in place of Isak, also tested Bizot as the Magpies failed to make their superiority count.

Passive Villa failed to have a shot in the first half – the first home team to suffer that fate in a Premier League game since Fulham, against Manchester City in May 2024 – but they emerged after the break with renewed vigour

Boubacar Kamara headed straight at Nick Pope while Ollie Watkins shot straight at the goalkeeper but Konsa’s red card – for pulling back Gordon as he ran clear – left the hosts to focus on clinging on to a point.